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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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